Join us on Saturday, October 3rd from 1:30 to 3pm for friendship bracelets and a Crafternoon finale at Oaklands Park!
Free, all ages.
Join us for our finale! We will have supplies to make woven or beaded friendship bracelets. We will also have some additional opportunities to connect with each other and other community programs Snacks and drinks will be available for free. As always, you're welcome to bring your own craft or just hang out. No sign up is necessary!
Other Event Info
PARK -
We will be in Oaklands Park, near the playground off of Ryan at Shakespeare. The park has free parking on Kings Rd and Ryan, a few bike racks, and a wide paved pathway. We will be on the grass, but will bring at least 6 chairs if people need to be sitting in a chair. We have a small variety of chair options, all with a maximum weight rating of 300 pounds. If there is rain, we will have 2 10x10 awnings. You can also pick up supplies and take them with you! The park has gendered accessible public bathrooms on site. There is an all-genders bathroom at Koffi on Haultain and we can provide change so you can buy a drink and use that bathroom instead if you'd like.
RESPIRATORY DISEASE (E.G., COVID) -
Please do not come if you have any symptoms of COVID or other contagious diseases or you have recently been in contact with someone who has displayed symptoms. We will practice some general physical distancing. If you're comfy being closer than 6 feet with people outside your social circle, we ask you to check with them first. We will have hand sanitizer available for you to use before accessing food, some food options will be individually packaged. Supplies are shared. The facilitators aren't planning on wearing masks outside and they are optional for participants. We will ensure there is a dedicated masking space to those who are masking (where facilitators will don masks as well).
FOOD -
We will make sure to have some snacks that are gluten-free and vegan, and nothing will have peanuts. If you have specific allergies or sensitivities, please let us know.
EXTRA SUPPLIES -
We will have band-aids, naloxone, sun screen, hand sanitizer, medical masks and bus tickets to take.
Before coming, please check over our community agreement, which we can adjust together as needed. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AJBVF_lMiOGJ8j7jmpaURxki_0oKh7QiAR9OVUe7sbw/edit?usp=drivesdk
If you’d like more information about Queer Crafternoon and our format throughout the year, check out our FAQs here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17aX43kDbTL5O36vu1YveR1qp7XTQ1sxlOMuXJteG4GA/edit?usp=drivesdk
If there's anything we can do to make this event more accessible for you, don't hesitate to reach out. You can message us or email queercrafternoon@gmail.com
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These events will be taking place on the traditional and unceded territories of the Lkwungen speaking peoples of the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations and the W̱SÁNEĆ peoples. We would like to acknowledge the rich and vibrant artistic practices of the Coast Salish Nations as well as those across Turtle Island that, along with their people, have faced persecution and attempted destruction by forces of colonization both past and present. Great honour and respect to the generations that have worked to keep these traditions alive, and to all those contributing to their revitalization today.
Háy̓sxʷ q̓ə siám
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Who we are: Queer Crafternoon is a free drop-in art space for queer, trans, and two-spirit folks of all ages along with their friends and family to craft, create, and connect! We are under the umbrella of Monoceros Education Society, and organized by queer volunteers living on unceded Lkwungen and W̱SÁNEĆ territory. Currently the active facilitators are Ardeo, Celeste and River.